diff --git a/src/central/gui/middleware.py b/src/central/gui/middleware.py
index 2af6230..962cbc0 100644
--- a/src/central/gui/middleware.py
+++ b/src/central/gui/middleware.py
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ from central.gui.db import get_pool
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Paths that don't require setup to be complete
-SETUP_EXEMPT_PREFIXES = ("/static/", "/setup")
+SETUP_EXEMPT_PREFIXES = ("/static/", "/setup", "/api/traffic/flow/")
 
 # Paths that don't require authentication
 AUTH_EXEMPT_PATHS = {"/setup/operator", "/login", "/health"}
-AUTH_EXEMPT_PREFIXES = ("/static/", "/setup/")
+AUTH_EXEMPT_PREFIXES = ("/static/", "/setup/", "/api/traffic/flow/")
 
 # Browser-noise paths that trigger CSRF race conditions
 BROWSER_NOISE_PATHS = {
diff --git a/src/central/gui/routes.py b/src/central/gui/routes.py
index 9466c0d..8a80647 100644
--- a/src/central/gui/routes.py
+++ b/src/central/gui/routes.py
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from typing import Any
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
+import aiohttp
+
+from central.cloudevents_wire import wrap_event
+from central.config_store import ConfigStore
+from central.tomtom_flow_parse import decode_flow_tile
+from central.gui.nats import get_js
+
 logger = logging.getLogger("central.gui.routes")
 
 
@@ -3434,3 +3441,76 @@ async def telemetry_list(request: Request) -> HTMLResponse:
 @router.get("/telemetry/rows", response_class=HTMLResponse)
 async def telemetry_rows(request: Request) -> HTMLResponse:
     return await _events_rows_fragment(request, "telemetry", "/telemetry")
+
+
+# --- Traffic flow passthrough (Navi, v0.9.4) ---------------------------------
+# Drop-in for navi-traffic's /api/traffic/flow/<z>/<x>/<y>.{png,pbf} (no auth --
+# tailnet-trusted, exempted in middleware). PNG = passthrough + 60s cache; PBF =
+# passthrough + decode-and-persist to CENTRAL_TRAFFIC_FLOW (best-effort; the
+# minute-bucketed ids collide with the tomtom_flow poller so the archive's
+# (id, time) upsert collapses duplicates). Single-flight is a v0.9.5 candidate.
+_TOMTOM_FLOW_URL = "https://api.tomtom.com/maps/orbis/traffic/tile/flow/{z}/{x}/{y}.{fmt}?key={key}&apiVersion=1"
+_FLOW_MEDIA = {"png": "image/png", "pbf": "application/x-protobuf"}
+_FLOW_CACHE = "public, max-age=60"  # matches TomTom's advertised 60s tile TTL
+
+
+async def _fetch_tomtom_tile(z: int, x: int, y: int, fmt: str, key: str) -> bytes:
+    """Fetch one Orbis flow tile from TomTom. Raises on HTTP/transport error."""
+    url = _TOMTOM_FLOW_URL.format(z=z, x=x, y=y, fmt=fmt, key=key)
+    timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=30)
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession(
+        timeout=timeout, headers={"User-Agent": "Central/0.9 (+tomtom_flow_passthrough)"}
+    ) as session:
+        async with session.get(url) as resp:
+            resp.raise_for_status()
+            return await resp.read()
+
+
+async def _persist_flow_tile(pbf: bytes, z: int, x: int, y: int) -> None:
+    """Decode a vector tile and publish its segments to CENTRAL_TRAFFIC_FLOW.
+
+    Reuses the polling adapter's decode + minute-bucketed ids so the archive
+    dedups poller/passthrough overlap. Caller wraps this best-effort.
+    """
+    js = get_js()
+    if js is None:
+        return
+    subject = f"central.traffic_flow.{z}.{x}.{y}"
+    for ev in decode_flow_tile(pbf, z, x, y, datetime.now(timezone.utc)):
+        envelope, msg_id = wrap_event(ev)
+        await js.publish(subject, json.dumps(envelope).encode(), headers={"Nats-Msg-Id": msg_id})
+
+
+async def _flow_passthrough(z: int, x: int, y: int, fmt: str) -> Response:
+    """Proxy a TomTom Orbis flow tile; persist segments on .pbf (best-effort)."""
+    key = await ConfigStore(get_pool()).get_api_key("tomtom")
+    if not key:
+        return Response(
+            content=json.dumps({"error": "tomtom api key not configured"}),
+            status_code=503, media_type="application/json",
+        )
+    try:
+        tile = await _fetch_tomtom_tile(z, x, y, fmt, key)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning("flow passthrough upstream failed",
+                       extra={"tile": [z, x, y], "fmt": fmt, "error": str(exc).replace(key, "<KEY>")})
+        return Response(
+            content=json.dumps({"error": "upstream tile fetch failed"}),
+            status_code=502, media_type="application/json",
+        )
+    if fmt == "pbf":
+        try:
+            await _persist_flow_tile(tile, z, x, y)
+        except Exception:  # storage is secondary to serving the tile
+            logger.exception("flow passthrough persist failed", extra={"tile": [z, x, y]})
+    return Response(content=tile, media_type=_FLOW_MEDIA[fmt], headers={"Cache-Control": _FLOW_CACHE})
+
+
+@router.get("/api/traffic/flow/{z}/{x}/{y}.png")
+async def traffic_flow_png(z: int, x: int, y: int) -> Response:
+    return await _flow_passthrough(z, x, y, "png")
+
+
+@router.get("/api/traffic/flow/{z}/{x}/{y}.pbf")
+async def traffic_flow_pbf(z: int, x: int, y: int) -> Response:
+    return await _flow_passthrough(z, x, y, "pbf")
diff --git a/tests/test_tomtom_flow_passthrough.py b/tests/test_tomtom_flow_passthrough.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f658fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_tomtom_flow_passthrough.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+"""Tests for the v0.9.4 tomtom_flow Navi passthrough endpoint.
+
+Exercises _flow_passthrough directly with mocked upstream + NATS (mirrors how
+test_events_feed_frontend calls route handlers). Uses the real Orbis fixture
+from v0.9.3 for the decode-and-publish path.
+"""
+
+import json
+import re
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from central.gui import routes
+
+PBF = (Path(__file__).parent / "fixtures" / "tomtom_flow_orbis.pbf").read_bytes()
+PNG = b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n" + b"fake-png-bytes"
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def patches(key="testkey", tile=PNG, js=None, fetch_exc=None):
+    cs = MagicMock()
+    cs.get_api_key = AsyncMock(return_value=key)
+    fetch = AsyncMock(side_effect=fetch_exc) if fetch_exc else AsyncMock(return_value=tile)
+    with patch("central.gui.routes.get_pool", return_value=MagicMock()), \
+         patch("central.gui.routes.ConfigStore", return_value=cs), \
+         patch("central.gui.routes._fetch_tomtom_tile", fetch), \
+         patch("central.gui.routes.get_js", return_value=js):
+        yield
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_png_passthrough_no_publish():
+    js = MagicMock()
+    js.publish = AsyncMock()
+    with patches(tile=PNG, js=js):
+        resp = await routes._flow_passthrough(10, 181, 374, "png")
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert resp.body == PNG
+    assert resp.media_type == "image/png"
+    assert resp.headers["Cache-Control"] == "public, max-age=60"
+    js.publish.assert_not_called()  # raster is unparseable -> no storage
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_pbf_passthrough_publishes_segments():
+    js = MagicMock()
+    js.publish = AsyncMock()
+    with patches(tile=PBF, js=js):
+        resp = await routes._flow_passthrough(10, 181, 374, "pbf")
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert resp.body == PBF
+    assert resp.media_type == "application/x-protobuf"
+    assert js.publish.await_count > 50
+    subject = js.publish.await_args_list[0].args[0]
+    payload = json.loads(js.publish.await_args_list[0].args[1])
+    assert subject == "central.traffic_flow.10.181.374"
+    # dedup id collides with the polling adapter's minute-bucketed pattern
+    assert re.match(r"^10/181/374:\d+:\d{4}-\d\d-\d\dT\d\d:\d\d$", payload["data"]["id"])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_missing_key_503():
+    with patches(key=None):
+        resp = await routes._flow_passthrough(10, 181, 374, "pbf")
+    assert resp.status_code == 503
+    assert b"not configured" in resp.body
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_upstream_failure_502_no_publish():
+    js = MagicMock()
+    js.publish = AsyncMock()
+    with patches(fetch_exc=RuntimeError("boom"), js=js):
+        resp = await routes._flow_passthrough(10, 181, 374, "pbf")
+    assert resp.status_code == 502
+    assert b"upstream tile fetch failed" in resp.body
+    js.publish.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_key_never_leaks_on_error(caplog):
+    secret = "SECRETKEY1234567890ABCDEF12345678"
+    with caplog.at_level("WARNING"):
+        with patches(key=secret, fetch_exc=RuntimeError(f"401 url=...key={secret}")):
+            resp = await routes._flow_passthrough(10, 181, 374, "png")
+    assert resp.status_code == 502
+    assert secret not in resp.body.decode()
+    assert secret not in caplog.text
+    # the redacted error string rode in the log record's `error` extra field
+    errs = " ".join(str(getattr(r, "error", "")) for r in caplog.records)
+    assert secret not in errs
+    assert "<KEY>" in errs
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_publish_failure_still_returns_tile():
+    js = MagicMock()
+    js.publish = AsyncMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("nats down"))
+    with patches(tile=PBF, js=js):
+        resp = await routes._flow_passthrough(10, 181, 374, "pbf")
+    assert resp.status_code == 200  # storage is best-effort; tile still served
+    assert resp.body == PBF
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_no_js_still_returns_tile():
+    with patches(tile=PBF, js=None):  # GUI NATS not connected
+        resp = await routes._flow_passthrough(10, 181, 374, "pbf")
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert resp.body == PBF